Wheel Needing Trued

Posted on Tue 2nd, June 2020

• #1

Muddyfox69

Hi all.
Is there anyone in Glasgow/Paisley area that would be able to true a wheel for me for beer vouchers?
Its a 26" mountain bike wheel which has developed a very slight wobble.
I'm not looking to hold anyone responsible or anything, just looking for a shorter wait time than 3 to 4 weeks and a quick fix.
Cheers.
• #2

freezing77 in reply to @Muddyfox69

It is not too hard to do it yourself, especially as it is already a built wheel. As I am sure you are aware there are many very good instructional videos on youtube.
Get a good spoke key.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3NND07tETc
• #3

BrickMan

Yup get a spoke key, some beer and some patience.
Best advice I had when starting out was to mark the high/low spots and left/right areas with pen first before just going at it, otherwise it'll be all over the place and will end up needing it started again by a wheel builder.
You want to do the least amount of fiddling to make it back to round + true, find the problem areas and only work on those the minimum to bring it back.
• #4

Skülly

Great advice^
• #5

Muddyfox69

Thanks for the advice. Will get a spoke key and give it a shot. Watch out for me in the 'Epic Fail' thread soon!!!

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